Synonyms for restriction
rɪˈstrɪk ʃənre·stric·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.8 / 5 votes

1. restriction

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.8 / 4 votes

1. restriction, limitationnoun

   a principle that limits the extent of something

   "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

   Synonyms:
   confinement, limitation, limit

2. limitation, restrictionnoun

   an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

   Synonyms:
   confinement, limitation, limit

3. restriction, confinementnoun

   the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

   "the restriction of the infection to a focal area"

   Synonyms:
   labour, confinement, parturiency, limitation, childbed, travail, lying-in, labor

Matched Categories

1. • Regulation

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1. restrictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   limitation, constraint, confinement, restraint

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. restrictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   restraint, constraint, confinement, repression, circumscription, limitation

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1. List of paraphrases for "restriction":

   limitation, restrictions, constraint, restrictiveness, restricting, restraint, limit, curtailment, restricted, limitations, restrict, restraining, limiting, restrictive, back-pressure, constraints

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How to use restriction in a sentence?

1. President Ernest Bai Koroma:

   I have instructed the security to institute chiefdom-level curfew and restriction on movement from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in Kambia and Port Loko districts, with immediate effect.

2. Dale Ho:

   We're pleased the state has agreed with the ACLU's position that imposing a new restriction on voters in the midst of an election is a recipe for disaster, for now, the voters of Wisconsin will be able to cast their ballots free from the burdens placed on them by this law. But this should be the case for voters permanently, not just for one election.

3. Eric Ravussin:

   Even if the weight loss was a primary end point, I think that the question is really: What is the best strategy to get people to stick to a diet? we know daily calorie restriction -- if you have to count your calories every day and all that -- it's a tough one. I think that there's some hope that this alternate-day fast, or modified fast, would be a better or easier strategy, but ... the dropout rate is kind of alarming.

4. Jeremy Sheff:

   That is a restriction we put on trademarks only with respect to Cuba.

5. Legacy Church:

   We observed the majority of those attending services wore a mask as they entered, if a person refused to wear a mask, we assumed they had a preexisting health condition or other restriction that prohibited them from doing so.